Paris 2024 Olympics: What time does Shaun Maswanganyi run his semi-final?

Team SA has three representatives in the 100m semi-finals, a blue-chip event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Soweto-born Shaun Maswanganyi is the first to run on Sunday.

Shaun Maswanganyi one of three Team SA members in Men’s 100 semis

United States-based Shaun Maswanganyi will run with Simbine and Benjamin Richardson in the 4×100 relay later in the games. However, all eyes are on the 100m semi-finals and finals. Soweto-born Maswanganyi, now 23, is the first to go for Team SA. His semi-final is at 20:05 where he’ll have to contend with the likes of Jamaican Oblique Seville and Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati.

Sunday highlights at the Paris 2024 Olympics

12:00: Tennis Gold Medal Match (Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz)

18:30: Women’s 50m Freestyle Final in the pool

18:37: Men’s 1500m Freestyle Final in the pool

19:05: Men’s 400m Heats

19:10: Men’s 4×100 Medley Relay final in the pool

19:32: Women’s 4×100 Medley Relay final in the pool

19:55: Women’s High Jump final

20:05: Start of the Men’s 100m Semi-Finals (details below)

21:50: Men’s 100m Final

Tatjana Smith goes out on a high

Now South Africa’s most decorated Olympian, Tatjana Smith has called time on her illustrious swimming career. She won gold in the 100m breaststroke event in Paris and silver in the 200m, a reversal of her antics in Tokyo three years ago. 27-year-old Smith couldn’t quite match the exploits of Penny Heyns in 1996 who won gold in both events, but her tally of four medals at the games puts her out in front of any other South African. Heyns made history at Atlanta in 1996, winning the 100m and 200m events. Also, she was the youngest member of Team SA at Barcelona 1992. For Smith, it’s been quite a journey since she missed qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in the 200m breaststroke by 0.01 seconds (one-hundredth of a second). She retires a legend of SA swimming.

Tatjana Smith with her 200m gold in Tokyo. Image is via: Sascoc

Will Shaun Maswanganyi claim a podium place at the Olympics in Paris?

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